‘The Incendiaries’ Is an Extraordinary Novel of Longing
There’s a point late in R.O. Kwon’s luminous debut novel The Incendiaries where Phoebe Lin, the haunted young woman atContinue Reading
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Heat, Hurricanes, and Hallucinations in Lauren Groff’s ‘Florida’
If you’ve never heard of the “Florida man” phenomenon, here’s a summary: the citizens of Florida people have become notoriousContinue Reading
‘The Female Persuasion’ Is Perfectly Timed, But That’s Not What Makes It Great
Do female artists treat men better than male artists treat women? Take, for example, the second season of Jessica Jones,Continue Reading
Paula Hawkins’s ‘Into the Water’ Is Trendy But Tiring
In Into the Water, Paula sticks to her tried and tested template, this time infusing it with three trendy psychological thriller elements: estranged sisters who are brought together by a crisis, a narrative about misunderstood and wronged women, and a combination of modern feminist ideas with the ancient tradition witch hunting.
‘The Mothers’ Makes a Case for First Person Plural
It’s election season, the time of year when we’re reminded of the impact a single individual can make on an entire community—or nation. It’s the time of year when groupthink proclamations are more common than pumpkin spice lattes.
